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Prenatal surgery for spina bifida may get a boost from stem cells

Meghan Rosen is a senior writer who reports on the life sciences for Science News. She...

Seismic data captured the sound of awe during a solar eclipse

Seismic data have captured the tense quiet of the COVID-19 lockdowns and the thunderous excitement of Taylor...

How AI Could Help Combat Antibiotic Resistance

Antibiotic resistance is a fast-growing public health crisis, causing more than a million global deaths annually and...

Can ‘extinct’ volcanoes still erupt? A Greek peak holds surprising clues

For more than 100,000 years, a Greek volcano lay silent. But deep underground, it was still growing....

The UK’s Answer to Darpa Wants to Rewire the Human Brain

The UK’s Advanced Research and Innovation Agency (ARIA) was established in 2023 with the goal of pursuing...

Uranus has weird rings. Astronomers now know the source of two of them

The rings around Uranus have mystified astronomers for almost half a century. Now, thanks to a combination...

A Brain Implant for Depression Is About to Be Tested in Humans

The latest brain-computer interface could help people recover from severe depression. Motif Neurotech announced Monday that the...

This dangerous pregnancy complication is common. A new treatment might help

Filtering a protein out of a pregnant person’s blood may help ease a dangerous complication of pregnancy....

The Iran War Is Impacting the Environment in Unseen Ways

War had already darkened Tehran’s skies by March 8. When rain began to fall, residents said it...

AI-Designed Drugs by a DeepMind Spinoff Are Headed to Human Trials

Google DeepMind’s AlphaFold has already revolutionized scientists’ understanding of proteins. Now, the ability of the platform to...

Designer Baby Companies Are in Turmoil

Two companies that launched last year with plans to create gene-edited babies have already shut down, citing...

The earliest evidence of the first stars may lie in a distant gas clump

There’s a new contender for the universe’s earliest first-generation stars. A bright clump seen about 450 million...
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